

MovieDrama
Pinky
The poignant story of a girl who fell hopelessly in love!
7.1(52)19491h 42m
Pinky, a light skinned black woman, returns to her grandmother's house in the South after graduating from a Northern nursing school. Pinky tells her grandmother that she has been "passing" for white while at school in the North. In addition, she has fallen in love with a young white doctor, who knows nothing about her black heritage.
- Director
- Elia Kazan
- Writers
- Philip Dunne,Dudley Nichols
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Cast

Jeanne Crain
Patricia "Pinky" Johnson

Ethel Barrymore
Miss Em

Ethel Waters
Dicey Johnson

William Lundigan
Dr. Thomas Adams

Basil Ruysdael
Judge Walker

Kenny Washington
Dr. Canady

Nina Mae McKinney
Rozelia

Griff Barnett
Dr. Joe McGill

Frederick O'Neal
Jake Walters

Evelyn Varden
Melba Wooley

Raymond Greenleaf
Judge Shoreham

Fred Aldrich
Townsman (uncredited)
Shelby Bacon
Boy (uncredited)
Rene Beard
Teejore (uncredited)
Arthur Berkeley
Townsman (uncredited)
Mildred Boyd
Nurse (uncredited)

Margaret Brayton
Nurse (uncredited)

Paul Brinegar
Western Union Clerk (uncredited)

Noble 'Kid' Chissell
Man (uncredited)
Tom Coleman
Townsman (uncredited)
Eve Conrad
Woman (uncredited)
Bert Conway
Loafer (uncredited)

Jack Curtis
Townsman (uncredited)
Josette Deegan
Woman (uncredited)
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Crew
Directing
- Elia KazanDirector
Writing
- Philip DunneScreenplay
- Cid Ricketts SumnerNovel
- Dudley NicholsScreenplay
Production
- Darryl F. ZanuckProducer
Camera
- Joseph MacDonaldDirector of Photography
Editing
- Harmon JonesEditor
Sound
- Alfred NewmanOriginal Music Composer
- Eugene GrossmanSound
- Roger Heman Sr.Sound
- Edward B. PowellOrchestrator
Art
- Lyle R. WheelerArt Direction
- J. Russell SpencerArt Direction
- Thomas LittleSet Decoration
- Walter M. ScottSet Decoration
Costume & Make-Up
- Ben NyeMakeup Artist
Crew
- Elia KazanAdditional Writing
- Fred SersenSpecial Effects